Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Synthesis of YAG-Al2O3 Nanocomposite Powders by Co-Precipitation Methods

LI Wei-Qun; GAO Lian; WANG Hong-Zhi; GUI Lin-Hua   

  1. State Key Lab of Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure; Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:1999-03-25 Revised:1999-04-16 Published:2000-02-20 Online:2000-02-20

Abstract: YAG-Al2O3 nanocomposite powders were prepared by the co-precipitation process. The crystallize temperature and morphology of the composite powder
was intensively studied with XRD and TEM. The results indicate that above 1300℃, there is only YAG and α-Al2O3 phases existed.
YAG particles with an average size of 100 nm can be observed uniformly dispersed in α-Al2O3. Using prepared powders, nearly fully dense sintering
body can be fabricated by hot-pressing at 1450℃. The sintering temperature is far lower than 1600℃ reported by other researchers. The preparation
of YAG-Al2O3 nanocomposite powders based on the co-precipitation method has promising application with merits of low cost, high production and simple processing.

Key words: YAG-Al2O3, nanocomposite powders, co-precipitation

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